Tuesday, February 21, 2012

someday's i am a slacker...

It's been nearly two years since I made the decision to make pots full time. I have lots of days where I feel like I was a slacker all day.
Today was one of them.
I really need to get over the notion that if I am not making pots, loading kilns, or glazing, that I am not being productive. Tonight I decided to make a list of how I spent my day:

1. Packed Etsy orders (yay!)
2. Sort of balanced checkbook and did some paperwork
3. Took deposit to the bank then a trip to the post office to get 4 Etsy orders shipped.
4. Checked inventory at the Co-op
5. Jeff and I stacked nearly a cord of wood to heat home & studio
6. Played Angry Birds for 1/2 hour (yep... addicted)
7. Packed pots for the Co-op
8. Made cone packs for next firing
9. Emptied 5 gallons of slaked clay for recycling
10. Photographed bowls for Etsy
11. Listed a bowl on Etsy

In between all this a load of laundry & dishes got done and dinner was cooked.

Not too shabby for a slacker.

Wood fired, extruded, textured vase by Jeff Brown... I love having fresh flowers in the house.

I know exactly how you feel. My husband works a 'real job' and sometimes he comes home and asks what I did today and every once and a while I draw a blank. It's nice to put it all down on paper occasionally to really see that I *am* indeed doing something productive. ;)

I seem to be in a cycle of a week of making work, week of glazing and firing work and then a week of of getting it out the door to sell. Its good that there is shipping to be done! Means there will be $$ coming in! Too bad we can't just make it and let it sell itself :)